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LadyHawkAZ

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43. Mass starvation

Sun Jan 12, 2014, 02:16 AM

Jan 2014

If you're looking for a wide-scale strike, that's what it would take- income falling below basic survival level, to the point where the majority of workers starve..

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What Do You Think It Would Take For The U.S. To Hold A Successful, General Strike ??? [View all] WillyT Jan 2014 OP

Oh my firsttimer Jan 2014 #1

To answer your question it would get bloody firsttimer Jan 2014 #2

No need. It would never happen. BainsBane Jan 2014 #34

That's pretty much my take on "general strikes" in the US. Doesn't seem to be our tradition. Hekate Jan 2014 #49

Way more people who actually have a set. nt Zorra Jan 2014 #3

It'd be easy for me to get on board--I'm not employed. panader0 Jan 2014 #4

Hard shut down production TexasProgresive Jan 2014 #5

You shut down ports firsttimer Jan 2014 #7

Yes. nt TBF Jan 2014 #24

And everyone who can't buy the latest greatest toy clffrdjk Jan 2014 #45

An alternate reality AnalystInParadise Jan 2014 #6

This *might* do it Fumesucker Jan 2014 #8

Some Art, Some History... WillyT Jan 2014 #9

Sometimes all it takes is balls firsttimer Jan 2014 #12

What would be the reason and what would be the goal? legcramp Jan 2014 #10

Well... For Starters... Our Wages Have Not Kept Up With Our Production... WillyT Jan 2014 #15

So who do you blame for that ? Corporations or the people who are bought off by them firsttimer Jan 2014 #19

THE RICH BUY OFF THE PEOPLE IN WASHINGTON senseandsensibility Jan 2014 #21

That's because of laws passed by free trade , wages , pension laws , 401K's , IRS tax codes etc... firsttimer Jan 2014 #22

So... The Nature Of The Rich Is To Be Predatory... And Buying Off The Congress Is Their Nature... WillyT Jan 2014 #27

I don't elect the rich ... I elect congressmen , senators and Presidents firsttimer Jan 2014 #29

You elect the people the rich have already chosen. El_Johns Jan 2014 #36

yeah firsttimer Jan 2014 #38

Basically the usual suspects, eh. Those are nearly everyone's top contributors. El_Johns Jan 2014 #39

They pay everyone off , both parties firsttimer Jan 2014 #40

I agree they're bribes. No bribes, no election. The system IS legalized bribery. El_Johns Jan 2014 #41

the rich buy the people who make the laws FatBuddy Jan 2014 #47

A more engaged, less self-indulgent citizenry? pscot Jan 2014 #11

Understanding who the real enemy is (which of course is what the 1% spends most time on preventing). Gidney N Cloyd Jan 2014 #13

A completely different culture and history, is what it would take. Spider Jerusalem Jan 2014 #14

A great awakening of the general popluace to the methods of manipulation Skip Intro Jan 2014 #16

It's going to have to get much worse for lots more ppl before there's ample momentum Doremus Jan 2014 #17

People must understand that it is possible agent46 Jan 2014 #18

70% of workers are in the service sector FarCenter Jan 2014 #20

We are six times the size of France. NightWatcher Jan 2014 #23

But We... Are The Home Of The Brave... The Land Of The Free... We Kicked Out The Monarchy... WillyT Jan 2014 #25

But we are the Home of the Whopper NightWatcher Jan 2014 #31

The only thing that might motivate people to go on a general doc03 Jan 2014 #26

People would need to become aware of income inequality in the first place, then become aware Squinch Jan 2014 #28

They would need to bring back the draft. CFLDem Jan 2014 #30

it is simply not plausible within the American political culture - it is not going happen in the Douglas Carpenter Jan 2014 #32

presumably it's "revolution-proof"--but us masses went up a steeper slope 1928-38 MisterP Jan 2014 #37

Most of the people in my area are so fast asleep, I'm afraid I can't readily imagine it. snot Jan 2014 #33

Depending on how it's handled . . . Brigid Jan 2014 #35

Pensions being gutted wholesale, DevonRex Jan 2014 #42

Mass starvation LadyHawkAZ Jan 2014 #43

Nationwide shutdown of Spirochete Jan 2014 #44

Seems Americans have become pacifists in the past 40 some years, BobUp Jan 2014 #46

Never happen! Coyotl Jan 2014 #48

a disruption or breakdown of the social order would wake people up FatBuddy Jan 2014 #50

A single spark. Scuba Jan 2014 #51

Somebody was hitting the intoxicant of choice Saturday night Android3.14 Jan 2014 #52